Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea 1st with 52 points, Viitorul Dăești 7th with 4, 48 apart. Recent form told a different story for Viitorul Dăești: only 17th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 7th. Scoring rates set the scale: CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea 2.5 scored and 1 conceded per game, Viitorul Dăești 0.86 and 2.57, with the league averaging 1.6.
Recent form was uneven: 12/15 points for CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea, 6/15 for Viitorul Dăești.
The sides have met 9 times in the GioScore results database: 6 wins for CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea, 1 draw and 2 for Viitorul Dăești, at 3.44 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 33% of meetings won. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 78% of the meetings.
Stadionul Municipal, capacity 15,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.